A true master of literary antiquities, book restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright returns home to San Francisco to teach a bookbinding class for Bay Area Book Arts, in this third mystery in the series (following If Books Could Kill). Unfortunately, BABA's program director Layla Fontaine is a dreadful host, pitching fits and lording her power over her subordinates. When Layla is found shot to death however, Brooklyn is determined to investigate—even when she finds Layla's past intertwined with her own beau Derek's, and even when it seems the killer wants to close the book on her for good.